2012 Cabela's Regional Walleye Championship will be held at Lake Oahe, Pierre, SD (Spring/Cow Area)
Saturday & Sunday, July 28th & 29th
Cabela’s MWC Partners with Cabela’s Regional
Walleye Championship For 2012 Lake Oahe Tournament
JANUARY 19, 2012—Competitive walleye anglers have a new dual tournament option on South Dakota’s legendary Lake Oahe this season, thanks to a partnership between the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit and 2012 Cabela's Regional Walleye Championship.
Set for July 28-29, the epic High Plains walleye showdown will be headquartered in the Spring Creek area of the lake near Pierre. This will be a Saturday-Sunday tournament, with no foul-weather day. Due to the location of the event, there are a number of options for pulling in boundaries in case of bad weather or high winds.
The Cabela's Regional Walleye Championship is a collaboration between state walleye tournament organizations including The Fishing Crew (South Dakota), Colorado Walleye Association, Kansas Walleye Association, Nebraska Walleye Trail, Wyoming Walleye Stampede and Texas Walleye Association. Top teams from each organization receive invitations to the championship, which in 2011 paid out more than $36,000 including $10,000 to first place.
Now in its 28th season, the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit is the longest-running professional walleye tournament circuit in the United States. Its Lake Oahe tournament is one of nine 2012 qualifiers, in which two-person teams compete for great payouts and coveted invitations to the 2013 Cabela’s MWC World Walleye Championship. A full field of 200 MWC teams at Oahe would yield more than $100,000 in payouts, including $30,000 cash for first place—plus over $4,000 in sponsor contingencies from Cabela’s Angler Cash, Ranger Cup, Lowrance Electronics, Berkley Baits, Okuma and U2/The Oxygenator.
Under the RWC-MWC partnership agreement, 25 Cabela’s MWC teams will be invited to fish the Regional Walleye Championship; all RWC anglers will be invited to fish the MWC side of the event, which is open to two-person teams regardless of club or sponsor affiliation.
Of the MWC’s 25 allotted invitations to the RWC, the top 15 point-accumulating teams from the Circuit’s 2011 West Division will be invited to fish; 10 additional spots will be offered to teams fishing at least 3 MWC events in 2012 (including the Oahe tournament). These will be offered first-come, first-served basis to teams registered for the event. For MWC anglers, the RWC entry fee is $275 per team. Additional details on location of rules meeting, launch and weigh-in will be announced shortly.
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This is a Qualifying tournament between the following 6 organizations:
- The Fishing Crew (South Dakota)
- Colorado Walleye Association
- Kansas Walleye Association
- Nebraska Walleye Trail
- Wyoming Walleye Stampede
- Texas Walleye Association
- Cabela's Masters Walleye Circuit
How to qualify: The top teams in each circuit in 2012 will qualify to fish the 2012 Regional Championship tournament.
Location: Lake Oahe, Pierre, South Dakota (Spring/Cow Area)
Date: 2 Day tournament—Saturday, July 28th and Sunday, July 29th, 2012.
Entry Fee: $250.00 per 2 person team
Payouts: 100% of the entry fees plus added money will be paid out to the top finishers and prizes awarded for teams finishing just out of the money.
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Cabela’s Angler Cash Contingency Program Requirements
- Angler must fish in a Cabela’s Angler Cash qualifying tournament circuit in 2012.
- Regional Walleye Tournament
- $1000 Cabela’s Gift Card per team
- Masters Walleye Circuit
- $1000 Cabela’s Gift Card for regular events per team
- $5000 Cabela’s Gift Card for Championship per team
- Regional Walleye Tournament
- Angler or team must wear a Cabela’s Angler Cash patch during the event if allowed by the rules of the circuit they are fishing. Patch is provided by Cabela’s upon successful registration.
- Cabela’s Angler Cash logo must be at least four inches in length and sewn or monogrammed on the upper right front side of the shirt. If the upper right front side is not available, logo must be placed on the front of the shirt as close to the right side as possible.
- Cabela’s Angler’s Cash logo must be worn from take-offs through weigh-ins during all days of qualifying tournaments.
- Angler or team must place Cabela’s Angler Cash windshield decal on the driver’s side of their boat.
- Angler or team must register for the contingency cash award prior to fishing the event. Participants must renew their registrations every year. Registration may be completed online at www.cabelas.com/anglercash.
- The highest finishing Cabela’s Angler Cash participant or team will win that event's contingency amount. The Angler must be registered for the tournament circuit events in the current year to receive the maximum payout.
- An extra bonus of $500 Cabela’s Gift Card will be awarded to the Cabela’s Angler’s Cash participant winner that has purchased their boat from a Cabela’s retail location. Angler must be registered for the boat bonus prior to the event.
- For information or questions regarding the program you can e-mail your questions to anglercash@cabelas.com.
- The names of each entrant shall be shared with tournament staff, and authorized agents of tournament staff, in order to carry-out the tournament, and may be used in a manner consistent with Cabela’s Privacy Policy.
***Anglers fishing the Cabela’s Regional Walleye Championship please make sure you clean and dry your boat before you get on the water. Help keep Aquatic Invasive Species out of the Lake!
- Inspect all exposed surfaces vehicle, trailer, anchor, dock lines, live wells, bilge, motor, hull, trailer axle and rollers). Small mussels feel like sandpaper and are invisible to the eye.
- Wash the hull of each watercraft thoroughly (steam clean if possible).
- Remove all debris, plant and animal material.
- Drain all water and dry all areas.
- Drain and dry the lower outboard unit.
- Clean and dry all live-wells.
- Empty and dry any buckets.
- Dispose of all bait in the trash.
- Wait five days and keep watercraft dry between launches into different fresh waters.
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!
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